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hole with which the bottom was moistened. Sometimes but one pellet of 

 earth would be carried out after an application of water, while in some 

 cases he had observed as many as four of these pellets thrown out im- 

 mediately following an application. Discussion followed which was 

 participated in by Messrs. Fletcher, Osborn, Cook, Weed, and others. 



Miss Mary E. Murtfeldt read a charming paper entitled, " Some Ex- 

 periences in Rearing Insects." In this paper some valuable hints were 

 given as to the best way to manage larvae so as to carry them to matu- 

 rity, and the most frequent causes of failure were mentioned. The paper 

 was listened to with great attention by all present. 



Mr. Fletcher spoke in terms of high approval of the paper, which he 

 said bore upon its face the mark of being the production of a worker, 

 one who had seen and knew the things she spoke of. He then gave a 

 short account of some of his own failures and successes in breeding 

 larvse from the egg. 



Mr. Webster also spoke in the same strain j he had not previously 

 had the pleasure of meeting Miss Murtfeldt, but he hoped she would 

 be a frequent attendant at future meetings of the club. Professor 

 Osborn had listened with pleasure to Miss Murtfeldt's experience ; he 

 had always found that the simpler the apparatus the better. For small 

 larvae he used glass tubes having the ends closed with cotton wool. 



Club convened at 5 p. m. and proceeded to consider tlie following 

 resolution : 



Resolved, That it is the sense of the club that the meetings of the Association of 

 Official Economic Entomologists and of the Entomological Club would both be bene- 

 fited by holding such meetings, if possible, at the same time and place as the meeting 

 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 



After discussion by Professors Fletcher, Osborn, Cook, Alwood, 

 Weed, and others, the resolution was unanimously adopted. 



The secretary proceeded to read the following paper upon "The 

 Preparatory Stages of JEustrotia caduca,^^ by D. S. Kellicott, of Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. 



This was discussed by Messrs. Weed, Webster and others. 



Professor Cook presented a note upon a new breeding habit in 

 Agrotis C-nigrum. He had found the eggs on the foliage of currant 

 bushes and had reared the larvae thereon. 



Professor Osborn read an interesting paper on the period of incuba- 

 tion of Mallophaga.* 



Mr. F. S. Earle presented several interesting notes on some injurious 

 insects of southern Mississippi. Diabrotica 12-punctata was a very 

 abundant insect, and, in addition to its well-known food plants it also 

 fed to an injurious extent upon the foliage of peach and also cab- 

 bage. Cut- worms were very injurious in gardens. A species of Aphis 

 worked serious injury to the cucumber and melon vines. Fieris rapce 

 is exceedingly destructive. Boryphora lOlineata had not yet reached 



* To be published in Insect Life. 



